Palmyra sits in the middle of Macoupin County's black-dirt country, where the corn closes in on the roads by the Fourth of July and the evenings smell like cut grass and rain on the way. T.J.'s full service Lawn Care keeps the town's yards in step with all that growing: mowing, trimming, edging and seasonal cleanups from the first flush of spring through the last slow cut of fall. A village lawn has its own demands — narrow side yards, tree roots close to the surface, that strip between the walk and the street everybody sees and nobody wants to mow. Getting those right is what makes a block look cared for rather than merely maintained. On a July evening with the light going amber over the fields, a fresh-cut yard is about as good as central Illinois gets.